Sign In
Search
General

Most DoD Aircraft Do Not Meet Mission Capable Goals, GAO Finds

Kelsey Reichmann
SHARE:
Most DoD Aircraft Do Not Meet Mission Capable Goals, GAO Finds
A 54th Helicopter Squadron UH-1N Iroquois prepares to take off from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Sept. 7, 2017. The UH-1N is a light-lift utility helicopter used to support various missions including: airlift of emergency security forces, security and surveillance of off-base nuclear weapons convoys and distinguished visitor airlift. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman J.T. Armstrong)

Military aircraft spanning all branches failed to meet mission capable rates according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that analyzed 46 types of aircraft from fiscal year 2011 through 2019. The GAO found that out of 46 aircraft, only three met annual mission capable goals the majority of the time with 24 aircraft not meeting any of their goals during any year. “The Department of Defense (DoD) spends tens of billions of dollars annually to sustain…

Subscriber-only content. Please log in below.

Not a subscriber or registered user yet?

Please contact us at clientservices@accessintel.com or call us at 888-707-5814 (Monday – Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. and Friday 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET.), to start a free trial, get pricing information, order a reprint, or post an article link on your website.

Recommended

Navy/USMC

Polaris Nabs ULTV Follow-On Contract From Marine Corps, Includes High Power Variant

Air Force

Space Force Awards Viasat And Intelsat General $438 Million For Continued Work On PTS-G

Budget

Senators Push Navy Against Single Destroyer Request In FY ’27

Defense Watch

Defense Watch: Sub Deal Soon, Mach Buy, THAAD Investment, CUAS Marketplace

Trending

Space Force Awards Viasat And Intelsat General $438 Million For Continued Work On PTS-G
DoD Opens $30 Million Prize Challenge For Autonomous Non-Tactical Vehicles
Rocket Lab To Design, Build And Operate Two GEO Satellites For Space Domain Awareness Under $90 Million Contract
YFQ-42A Dark Merlin Resumes Flight Tests for CCA Program
Coast Guard Plans R&D Effort With Lockheed Martin To Assess HPMs To Stop Small Boats

Congress Updates

Navy/USMC

Senators Push Navy Against Single Destroyer Request In FY ’27

The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and the two senators from Maine last week pushed back on Navy officials for only requesting one Arleigh Burke-class destroyer (DDG-51) […]

Navy/USMC

Navy Looks To Eventually Assemble Battleship At HII Newport News; Faces More Dem Opposition

The Navy told lawmakers this week it found a dry dock at HII’s [HII] Newport News Shipbuilding shipyard it thinks can use for final assembly of the new Trump-class battleship […]

Navy/USMC

Navy Leaders Downplay Looking At Foreign Navy Shipbuilding Amid Lawmaker Objections

The Navy’s top leaders this week seemed to downplay and back down on the service potentially using foreign shipyards to build U.S. Navy ships or buying foreign designed warships overseas […]

Army

Senate Defense Appropriators See ‘Risk’ With Army’s Reconciliation Plan To Fund Munitions Increase

The Senate’s top defense appropriators cited concern this week with the Army’s request to fund the majority of its large increase to munitions procurement in fiscal year 2027 through the […]

The Force Multipliers

Force Multipliers

Michael DiOrio – Dataminr

Force Multipliers

Arne Brinck – Dark Wolf Solutions

Force Multipliers

Jags Kandasamy – Latent AI

Force Multipliers

Force Multipliers – Krista McKendree

Job Feed

Post a Job // Post a Resume